Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Kininogen Cleavage Assay: Diagnostic Assistance for Kinin-Mediated Angioedema Conditions
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163958
Figure Lengend Snippet: A : Purified human HK (20, 40, 80, and 110ng) and 0.5μL of plasma from nC1Inh-AE male patients (M1 to M5) were subjected to SDS-PAGE. The signal of HK native chain (N-HK), light chain (LC-HK), and cleaved light chain (cLC-HK) were quantified by densitometry and N-HK concentration by the displayed linear regression. B, C : Box-plot displaying 5–95% range ( italic fonts), median ( bold fonts), and interquartile values of plasma concentration of N-HK (B) and HK cleavage (C), measured as in panel A, compared to the healthy cohort studied in . D, E, F : as in A, B, C, concerning female patients (W1 to W5). densito: densitometry in 10 7 arbitrary units; ****: p <10 −4 (Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test); nC1Inh-AE: angioedema with normal C1 inhibitor.
Article Snippet: Using enhanced chemiluminescence (Clarity Western ECL TM substrate, Biorad, Hercules, USA) and densitometry scan quantification (ChemiDoc TM XRS+ System camera and Image Lab TM software, Bio-Rad, Hercules, USA), three molecular species were retained for data processing: native protein (N-HK, 120kDa), light chain (LC-HK, 56kDa), and cleaved light chain (cLC-HK, 46kDa).
Techniques: Purification, Clinical Proteomics, SDS Page, Concentration Assay, MANN-WHITNEY